Bruce Brown wrote:
jwmII wrote:
Any surface you park on is going to allow moisture up around the tires thus contributing to dry rot of your tires. This includes dirt, gravel, concrete, wood and any other porous surface. Place the tires on metal such as galvanized or aluminum roof flashing. Plastics will work for you as well. Place mats of plastic or cutting boards, etc.
Jacking the vehicle up so the tires clear the floor works too. Get some sheet metal scraps from the local tin shop. Those will work too.
You missed one option; concrete with a vapor barrier. Seeing as the OP is considering concrete, and hasn't poured anything yet, adding a vapor barrier would be cheap, easy, and effective.
A vapor barrier laid down before pouring a concrete slab definitely helps but it is not the cure all you would think it is as the concrete above the vapor barrier will absorb moisture and then give it up so it can attack the tires. The best barrier remains metal or plastic right on the tire footprint occupying an area around each tire.
